Palestine Solidarity Day Being Observed in Pakistan Today

Israeli soldiers near near Mefalsim extinguish a fire on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza May 14

Andrew Cummings
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18 May, 2018, 15:01

Palestinian officials call it a massacre of protesters demonstrating against a decade-long blockade; Israel says it was defending its border against a militant-fueled mob.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement by its spokesperson, Tope Elias-Fatile, urged the Israeli Government to stop use of excessive force against unarmed civilians, including children.

"We also slam the use of the veto by the U.S. to undermine the Security Council from carrying out its duty to achieve a transparent and impartial probe towards the massacres committed by Israel against the Palestinian people".

She pledged that the United Nations will continue to support Israelis and Palestinians on the road to peace by helping them to take the historic steps to achieve a solution of two states living side by side in peace within secure and recognized borders, "with Jerusalem as the capital of both".

The UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein is expected to speak at the opening of the session, as is the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territory.

To express solidarity with the Palestinian community special rallies, gatherings and programs are to be organized to condemn Israel's terrorist acts in Gaza. It will discuss a draft resolution presented by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and backed by 47 United Nations member states, which calls for investigators to look into "all violations of worldwide humanitarian law and global human rights law.in the context of the military assaults on large scale civilian protests that began on 30 March 2018".

The forum has brought together Palestinian, Israeli and global experts, representatives of the diplomatic community and civil society for a constructive debate in support of collective efforts to launch credible negotiations, leading to a just resolution of all final status issues as part of a comprehensive settlement of the question of Palestine. The council session would only serve to "empower Hamas and reward its terror strategy and its use of civilians as human shields to advance its terror activities against the citizens of Israel".

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced strong disapproval Thursday over the "tragic loss of lives" in the Gaza Strip after Israel killed scores of Palestinian demonstrators earlier in the week.

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